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Feb2408:00 PM EST

Polypharmacy and Beyond: A Review of Drug Interactions - Live Webinar on February 24, 2025 8PM ET

Learn to interpret and manage drug interactions in this course tailored for pharmacists and healthcare professionals. Dive into CYP450, pharmacogenetics, and transporter interactions, and understand how to address common concerns like Serotonin Syndrome.

About this webinar

A patient walks into a pharmacy to pick up their half dozen prescription medications. Do they have any drug-drug or drug-food interactions? More likely than not, yes. One of the fundamental roles that we pharmacists serve is to be the medication experts, highlighted never more so than when interpreting drug interactions for severity or actual concern. With multiple drug interaction review databases available, and all with varying explanations for the same drug interactions, we, as healthcare professionals, are absolutely needed to decipher and explain tangible medication concerns. One of the most fundamental and pivotal roles of a pharmacist, and the entire pharmacy team, is performing a drug utilization review including a drug interaction check. Hands down, one of the defining efforts of our profession. However, pharmacists often juggle intense schedules and an overabundance of software-flagged drug interactions. In this discussion, we will review a multitude of CYP450, pharmacogenetic, transporter, and overlapping sedative drug interactions, along with concerning resultant symptoms, such as the infamous Serotonin Syndrome, relevant to patient care. Any licensed healthcare professional with a pulse is aware of various drug interactions such as opioids and benzos, but just how does one handle a patient scenario involving the two? Join us for a dynamic discussion on what to do with our hands and voices when it comes to many common and concerning drug interactions.

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

    Recall common drug-drug and drug-food/beverage CYP-450-based interactions.

    Describe the mechanisms of action of common pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic drug-drug interactions.

    Recall key patient concerns and counseling points regarding common drug-drug and drug-food/beverage interactions.

Universal Activity Number Pharmacist:0657-0000-24-066-L04-P
Universal Activity Number Pharmacist Tech:0657-0000-24-066-L04-T
Target Audience:
Pharmacist
Consultant Pharmacist
Pharmacy Technician
Expiration Date:08/15/2027
Release Date:08/15/2024
Ce Broker Id:20-1240218
Activity Type:Knowledge-based

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Instructors

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Mark GarofoliPharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS

Mark Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Experiential Learning for the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Pharmacy (SoP), a faculty member in the WVU School of Medicine Pain Fellowship Program, and a Clinical Pain Management Pharmacist at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management. Dr. Garofoli received his PharmD at the University of Pittsburgh SoP in 2004 and his MBA from Strayer University in 2008. He is board certified in Geriatric Care (BGCP) along with being a certified pain educator (CPE) and certified tobacco treatment specialist (CTTS). He began his career with CVS Health in community pharmacy management, then worked as a Humana Healthcare MTM clinical pharmacist, leading to the development of patient-centered and managed care centered programs and the Safe & Effective Management of Pain state guidelines.

$ 25.00 1 hour